Shopsmith to the rescue (again)

anmius · Post by **anmius** » Wed Jan 16, 2013 4:11 pm

Check out the use of the horizontal boring mode of a Shopsmith to save the day (again):

http://community.woodmagazine.com/t5/Ge ... d-p/293023

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Thu Jan 17, 2013 11:28 am

A 'feature' I take for granted all the time. I only raise to vertical when it cannot be done horizontally.

berry · Post by **berry** » Thu Jan 17, 2013 1:24 pm

That was especially interesting because the editors of Wood Magazine seem to go out of their way to avoid ever mentioning ShopSmith.

nuhobby · Post by **nuhobby** » Thu Jan 17, 2013 1:43 pm

I'm another one who uses the Horizontal Boring about 90% of the time, and Drill Press about 10%.

Here was one project where horizontal boring produced a nice detail that would have been a real hassle otherwise:
http://www.shopsmith.net/forums/showpos ... ostcount=5

PS. That infill plane isn't necessarily the finest-finishing plane I have, but there are times when it will level mill-marks on hard rosewood which would have lighter planes just 'surfing over'.

skou · Post by **skou** » Fri Jan 18, 2013 1:01 am

"...even though the piece is longer than it's capacity."

OK, just what is the "capacity" of an SS in Hz drill mode? Yards? Miles? Zip Codes? State borders? (Yes, I'm pointing out the rediculous, by being rediculous. Thanks for catching that.)

You're working on one end. Who cares how far away the other end is.

steve

skou · Post by **skou** » Fri Jan 18, 2013 1:04 am

Oh, if I don't REALLY need to lift my cast iron headstock up, I'm not gonna.

Hz Drill-press mode rates WELL OVER the vertical mode.

(Sorry these non SS people don't have that option.):eek:

steve

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Fri Jan 18, 2013 4:15 am

berry wrote:That was especially interesting because the editors of Wood Magazine seem to go out of their way to avoid ever mentioning ShopSmith.

Wood Magazine is just one of many that never mention Shopsmith. The reason these magazine treat Shopsmith like a dirty word is because they don't get paid to mention Shopsmith. This has been the way it is for a decade or more (maybe more like two decades).

Yeah, I know. Way back then you were ready about much more important things. Cars and Girts!

transplanted · Post by **transplanted** » Fri Jan 18, 2013 7:37 am

dusty wrote:Wood Magazine is just one of many that never mention Shopsmith. The reason these magazine treat Shopsmith like a dirty word is because they don't get paid to mention Shopsmith. This has been the way it is for a decade or more (maybe more like two decades).

Yeah, I know. Way back then you were ready about much more important things. Cars and Girts!

Exactly...If Shopsmith paid Wood Magazine to insert a SS ad within their magazine, then they would be inclined to make comments on it because they're receiving revenue from SS.
Stan

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Fri Jan 18, 2013 9:00 am

transplanted wrote:Exactly...If Shopsmith paid Wood Magazine to insert a SS ad within their magazine, then they would be inclined to make comments on it because they're receiving revenue from SS.
Stan

The point being that Shopsmith has withdrawn from that advertising venue (magazines) and does not pay for paper space.

I see that as a mistake but I was not asked, I am not a marketing guru and I don't determine where the Shopsmith money goes.

If I was anyone of the three, I would say get before the woodworking public any way you can. Magazine ad, county fair, crafters show, DIY TV or Lowe's Demo, home improvement centers - any way you can.

I have heard far too many people say, "Shopsmith, are they still around? I thought they went out of business long ago".

In fact, I heard almost that same comment from a woman just a week or so ago as she walked past the Lowe's Shopsmith demo that Mike Young was presenting. She seemed to want to stop and watch but her husband kept right on walking. If she had been like my wife, her husband would have found himself shopping ALONE while she watched the demo.